Local visitors and Easter returnees noted at Brandon
Mrs. Harold Hunter and her sister Mrs. E Cosgrove with June from Napinka visit. Miss Betty Emerson and Mr. A Champagne from the teaching staff return Monday night from Easter holidays. Barbara Ann Scott performed splendidly in Brandon attracting many spectators.
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Harold Hunter
E. Cosgrove
June
Napinka
Betty Emerson
A. Champagne
Barbara Ann Scott
Brandon
Easter Holiday Greetings and Thanks Card
McConnell Gloria Arbuthnott of Brandon spent Easter with grandmother Mrs Paterson. Richardson spent a few days in Brandon. Miss Evelyn Nixon and Bob Nixon of Margaret visited sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs S Swanson. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for blood donation to aid Chas Arthur in Hamiota Hospital after urgent need.
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Gloria Arbuthnott
Brandon
Chas. Arthur
Hamiota Hospital
Vice-President NNR Appoints Western Region Leader
Recently named vice-president Western Region succeeds WR Devenish retired after 36 years in railway service. Mr Johnson is a long time western Canada rail figure with a career dating to 1905. He held multiple western posts before 1936 becoming general superintendent at North Bay and in 1944 was appointed vice-president and general manager Atlantic Region based in Moncton.
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Western Region
WR Devenish
Johnson
Western Canada
West
North Bay
Atlantic Region
Moncton
Canada Farm Improvement Loans Act Loans $31 Million in 1947
The 1947 report shows Farm Improvement Loans Act totaling $31,381,742 to Canadian farmers via 39,387 loans since 1945. In 1947, 22,046 farmers received $18,160,821, with 83 percent of loans for farm implements and 30 percent of tractors financed. The act supported farm housing, barns, and land clearing, advancing new farming areas and reduced unemployment by enabling land development.
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Farm Improvement Loans Act
Farmers of Canada
Chartered Banks of Canada
House of Commons
Douglas Abbott
Canada
F.I.S.A
F.I. L.A
Neighbourly News Editor C F Greene Profiles
C F Greene, CBC Neighbourly News Editor in the Prairie Region, hosts a weekly Neighbourly News Broadcast produced by CBC with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta divisions of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association. He is a veteran newsman and publicist who published a Winnipeg weekly newspaper for years.
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C. F. Greene
CBC
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association
Greene
Winnipeg
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McConnell
NEW Cnr
JP. Johnson
Eaton’s
Eatons
FILA
Yoo
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Christian Science Monitor
New Viewports
Sotiety Most
Christian Scence Pac
Norway Street
Boston
Chris Ance
United Kingdom
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
Beaverburn
Canadian Pacific
B.U
Prairies
C.P.R
Department OF National Revenue
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